<div dir="ltr"><div>As a believer in the power of imagination, I don't think we should ignore an imaginary tie-breaker vote in a case like this where it actually broke a tie! So I say Joshua wins.</div><div><br></div><div>- ranjit</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 11:06 PM E Cohen <<a href="mailto:eac@inbox.com">eac@inbox.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Sorry for the long delay.<br>
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I had not thought y'all would go for the ridiculous meteorological <br>
acronym, but it was very popular! The "winner" is the real def, the <br>
tongue of warm air, with six points; it's a tie for the real winner, <br>
with both Joshua and Ranjit getting five points. If you two believe in <br>
Hutch's "imaginary tie-breaker point" then Joshua wins, otherwise <br>
discuss among yourselves.<br>
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General comments:<br>
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Ranjit: I changed my mind 3 or 4 times while assigning points. Nice <br>
bunch of defs!<br>
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Josh: Loved this one.<br>
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Pierre: I am discounting anything related to troth or trowing, <br>
including, of course, my own def.<br>
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Jed: I see that I wasn’t the only one whose mind went to marriage. . . . <br>
I don’t think I believe *any* of these definitions. I’m out of practice! <br>
(After voting:) The word really looks like a noun to me, but I like <br>
those adjective defs better.<br>
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Hutch: Several people thought of "pledging troth" so I'm not gonna vote <br>
for any of them. However, since I don't really believe in any of them, <br>
I'm just voting for the coolest things. :-D<br>
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Jed<br>
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trowal, n. A pledge or promise, as of marriage.<br>
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1 = 1 Josh<br>
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Jim: The most straightforward entry, from troth and betrothal. But for <br>
that very reason I don’t buy it -- Eric wouldn't pick it.<br>
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Joshua<br>
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trowal, n. A ring of underground stakes built around a garden or other <br>
plot of land to prevent animals from burrowing in.<br>
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5 = 1 Ranjit, 1 Pierre, 1 Jim, 2 Jean-Joseph<br>
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Pierre: Rabbits, you have been warrened!<br>
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Jim: Nice image.<br>
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Hutch: A good idea, but I don't have any points left. Give this one my <br>
imaginary tie-breaker point.<br>
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Ranjit<br>
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trowal, adj. 1. Flimsy, shoddily built. 2. Better than what is at hand.<br>
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5 = 2 voting for real def, 2 Josh, 1 Jed,<br>
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Hutch<br>
<br>
trowal, n. A large pestle-like tool used to muddle (crush) grapes for <br>
wine in northwestern Italy and southeastern France; mostly out of use by <br>
the middle of the 18th century.<br>
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2 = 2 Pierre<br>
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Pierre: Two points for muddling grapes.<br>
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Nicolas<br>
<br>
trowal, adj. 1. Romantically involved. 2. (naut.) Overly knotted or tangled<br>
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1 = 1 Linda<br>
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Eric: I do enjoy the editorializing.<br>
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Fran<br>
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trowal, n. 1. A marriage contract. 2. The ceremony in which the marriage <br>
contract is signed by the parents/guardians of the couple who will be <br>
married.<br>
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4 = 2 voting for real def, 2 Linda<br>
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Linda: 2 points for the marriage certificate signing. This is a real <br>
ceremony in some countries, such as Germany, where some friends of mine <br>
met as witnesses, fell in love, and later married. Beatrix and Juergen <br>
are still married thirty or so years later. With a grown son.<br>
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Jim: See my comment about the first entry.<br>
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Jean-Joseph<br>
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trowal, adj. Having imperfect symmetry.<br>
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4 = 1 Fran, 2 Jed, 1 Hutch<br>
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Hutch: Almost, but not quite symmetrical. Like most human bodies.<br>
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Linda<br>
<br>
trowal, n. A guard dog.<br>
<br>
1 = 1 Jean-Joseph<br>
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Pierre: Any particular breed? A cross between a tesem and a turnebroche? <br>
Or is this the name of the breed?<br>
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Pierre<br>
<br>
trowal, adj. 1. Prone to beliefs, many of which are false. 2. Opinionated.<br>
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2 = 2 Hutch<br>
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Hutch: I think we have a political statement here: 2 points and a "huzzah!"<br>
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real<br>
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TROWAL, n. TROugh of Warm air ALoft, a tongue of warm and moist air <br>
often associated with heavy and/or prolonged precipitation (ch. Canadian).<br>
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6 = 2 Ranjit, 2 Fran, 2 Jim,<br>
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Jim: I’ve seen weirder meteorology acronyms, so I totally buy this one. <br>
2 points.<br>
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Jim<br>
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2 voting for real def<br>
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-- Eric | @GoudyBoldItalic<br>
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